Voice of Fire: Communiqués and Interviews from the Zapatista National Liberation Army

136 Pages·1994·8.586 MB·English

by  Zapatista National Liberation Army, Ben Clarke (ed.), Clifton Ross (ed., trans.)

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Cover and book design by Guillermo Prado of Inkworks.
Photo credits: South and Mesoamerican Indian
Information Center, SAIIC
Translations copyright © 1994 by the translators.
Introduction copyright © 1994 by Ben Clarke.
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Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 94-067331
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Co ntents
Introduction ...7
Communique, January, 1994
A Message to North America .17
Commentary, August 1992
Two Winds: A Storm and a Prophecy . 18
Communique, January 1,1994
Declaration of War .35
Commentary, December, 1993
The Alarm .38
Communique, December, 1993
Revolutionary Laws.39
Report, January 1, 1994
Speech by an Indigenous Guerrilla.43
Interview, January 1, 1994
On Origins.45
Communique, January 6, 1994
Dying, But Now to Live.52
Communique, January 20, 1994
Ski Masks and Other Masks.57
Letter, January 26, 1994
To Alvaro Cepeda Neri of La Jornada.60
Communique, February 1, 1994
To 500 Years of Resistance.64
Communique, February 1, 1994
The Peace Zone.66
Letter, February, 1994
To a Boy in La Paz.68
Interview, February 5, 1994
On Armed Struggle. 70
Interview, February 5, 1994
Indigenous Voices .72
Communique, February 16, 1994
Our Voice of Fire. 78
Communique, March 1, 1994
The Demands .80
Interview, March 7,1994
Don't Abandon Us!.87
Communique, March 24, 1994
On the Murder of Colosio.98
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Letter, March 24,1994
To the Zapatista "Moles".101
Communique, june 10, 1994,
The Communities Respond .104
Communique, June 10, 1994
WE WILL NOT SURRENDER!. 107
Commentary, June 10,1994
Second Declaration .114
Letter, June 10, 1994
P.S. Searching for the Word.123
Acknowledgements
The following people and organizations have played an impor¬
tant role in the creation of this book: Dave Karoly, Guillermo Prado,
Medea Benjamin, Margi Clarke, Vivian Newdick, Dina Redman, San
Cristobal de las Casas Press Office, Resist! Collective, Global Exchange,
Inkworks Press, and Red Star Black Rose. We are also indebted to the jour¬
nalists and publishers at El Tiempo, La Jornada, and Proceso whose work
in Mexico has often been done at great persona! risk.
We dedicate Voice of Fire to the many Mexican companeros
who inspiried this book and aided in its completion. For political reasons
they have chosen to remain anonymous, joining their faith and efforts with
those ''without names or faces" who struggle for freedom, democracy and
land.
A portion of the proceeds of the sale of this book will be donat¬
ed to provide material aid to the struggle in Chiapas.
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